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Estimate of Turnout at Advance Polls Now Available

Gatineau, Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Chief Electoral Officer of Canada Marc Mayrand has released the estimated number of electors who voted on the four advance voting days in the federal general election now underway, from Friday, October 9 to Monday, October 12.

According to the preliminary figures, some 3.6 million electors voted at the advance polls in this general election. This is a 71% increase from the 2,100,855 electors who voted in advance in the 2011 general election. This increase was due in part to an additional advance voting day on Sunday, offered for the first time.

Over 850,000 Canadians voted on Friday and over 1.2 million on Monday, representing the two busiest days of advance voting ever.

It should be noted that these are estimates. Not all polls may have yet been reported.

“Many Canadians chose to vote at advance polls in this election,” says Mr. Mayrand. “Having four polling days provided greater flexibility and convenience for voters.”

First Estimate of Turnout at Advance Polls

The following is a breakdown of the estimated number of electors who voted at the advance polls, by province or territory and electoral district, for all 338 electoral districts. Please note that these are preliminary estimates.

Province

Newfoundland and Labrador

Number of Electors

10001

Avalon

5,717

10002

Bonavista–Burin–Trinity

2,874

10003

Coast of Bays–Central–Notre Dame

3,672

10004

Labrador

1,650

10005

Long Range Mountains

4,385

10006

St. John's East

7,317

10007

St. John's South–Mount Pearl

5,818

Total Newfoundland and Labrador

31,433

Province

Prince Edward Island

Number of Electors

11001

Cardigan

5,847

11002

Charlottetown

5,026

11003

Egmont

5,544

11004

Malpeque

5,651

Total Prince Edward Island

22,068

Province

Nova Scotia

Number of Electors

12001

Cape Breton–Canso

7,555

12002

Central Nova

9,264

12003

Cumberland–Colchester

10,055

12004

Dartmouth–Cole Harbour

12,709

12005

Halifax

11,181

12006

Halifax West

14,083

12007

Kings–Hants

9,632

12008

Sackville–Preston–Chezzetcook

10,578

12009

South Shore–St. Margarets

9,690

12010

Sydney–Victoria

10,153

12011

West Nova

8,574

Total Nova Scotia

113,474

Province

New Brunswick

Number of Electors

13001

Acadie–Bathurst

12,098

13002

Beauséjour

15,664

13003

Fredericton

12,041

13004

Fundy Royal

11,710

13005

Madawaska–Restigouche

9,676

13006

Miramichi–Grand Lake

9,483

13007

Moncton–Riverview–Dieppe

13,770

13008

New Brunswick Southwest

9,046

13009

Saint John–Rothesay

10,209

13010

Tobique–Mactaquac

9,488

Total New Brunswick

113,185

Province

Quebec

Number of Electors

24001

Abitibi–Baie-James–Nunavik–Eeyou

7,099

24002

Abitibi–Témiscamingue

7,706

24003

Ahuntsic-Cartierville

10,722

24004

Alfred-Pellan

11,518

24005

Argenteuil–La Petite-Nation

12,723

24006

Avignon–La Mitis–Matane–Matapédia

9,241

24007

Beauce

13,250

24008

Beauport–Limoilou

13,192

24009

Bécancour–Nicolet–Saurel

11,293

24010

Bellechasse–Les Etchemins–Lévis

13,975

24011

Beloeil–Chambly

16,441

24012

Berthier–Maskinongé

13,112

24013

Thérèse-De Blainville

10,688

24014

Pierre-Boucher–Les Patriotes–Verchères

13,894

24015

Bourassa

7,206

24016

Brome–Missisquoi

15,029

24017

Brossard–Saint-Lambert

15,211

24018

Rimouski-Neigette–Témiscouata–Les Basques

9,437

24019

Charlesbourg–Haute-Saint-Charles

15,460

24020

Beauport–Côte-de-Beaupré–Île d’Orléans–Charlevoix

12,033

24021

Châteauguay–Lacolle

10,476

24022

Chicoutimi–Le Fjord

7,851

24023

Compton–Stanstead

13,382

24024

Dorval–Lachine–LaSalle

12,604

24025

Drummond

9,238

24026

Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine

9,744

24027

Gatineau

12,845

24028

Hochelaga

9,416

24029

Honoré-Mercier

10,921

24030

Hull–Aylmer

11,486

24031

Joliette

13,748

24032

Jonquière

7,772

24033

La Pointe-de-l’Île

11,602

24034

La Prairie

13,907

24035

Lac-Saint-Jean

9,905

24036

Lac-Saint-Louis

15,697

24037

LaSalle–Émard–Verdun

11,483

24038

Laurentides–Labelle

17,002

24039

Laurier–Sainte-Marie

10,579

24040

Laval–Les Îles

9,660

24041

Longueuil–Charles-LeMoyne

11,814

24042

Lévis–Lotbinière

14,135

24043

Longueuil–Saint-Hubert

14,403

24044

Louis-Hébert

17,158

24045

Louis-Saint-Laurent

17,494

24046

Manicouagan

6,951

24047

Mégantic–L’Érable

11,260

24048

Mirabel

12,302

24049

Montarville

13,091

24050

Montcalm

11,642

24051

Montmagny–L’Islet–Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup

10,648

24052

Mount Royal

12,837

24053

Notre-Dame-de-Grâce–Westmount

11,495

24054

Outremont

8,945

24055

Papineau

10,142

24056

Pierrefonds–Dollard

12,756

24057

Pontiac

14,076

24058

Portneuf–Jacques-Cartier

14,489

24059

Québec

13,397

24060

Repentigny

13,792

24061

Richmond–Arthabaska

12,574

24062

Rivière-des-Mille-Îles

13,046

24063

Rivière-du-Nord

13,840

24064

Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie

11,606

24065

Marc-Aurèle-Fortin

10,784

24066

Saint-Hyacinthe–Bagot

10,094

24067

Saint-Jean

14,917

24068

Saint-Laurent

7,741

24069

Saint-Léonard–Saint-Michel

7,733

24070

Saint-Maurice–Champlain

14,468

24071

Salaberry–Suroît

15,609

24072

Shefford

12,575

24073

Sherbrooke

13,040

24074

Vaudreuil–Soulanges

14,675

24075

Terrebonne

10,378

24076

Trois-Rivières

15,394

24077

Ville-Marie–Le Sud-Ouest–Île-des-Soeurs

11,267

24078

Vimy

10,892

Total Quebec

942,008

Province

Ontario

Number of Electors

35001

Ajax

11,702

35002

Algoma–Manitoulin–Kapuskasing

7,872

35003

Aurora–Oak Ridges–Richmond Hill

11,747

35004

Barrie–Innisfil

9,618

35005

Barrie–Springwater–Oro-Medonte

12,320

35006

Bay of Quinte

13,073

35007

Beaches–East York

12,617

35008

Brampton Centre

8,737

35009

Brampton East

8,156

35010

Brampton North

10,445

35011

Brampton South

9,717

35012

Brampton West

9,916

35013

Brantford–Brant

10,753

35014

Bruce–Grey–Owen Sound

13,452

35015

Burlington

12,989

35016

Cambridge

9,987

35017

Chatham-Kent–Leamington

10,278

35018

Davenport

9,008

35019

Don Valley East

8,475

35020

Don Valley North

9,370

35021

Don Valley West

13,277

35022

Dufferin–Caledon

12,053

35023

Durham

12,145

35024

Eglinton–Lawrence

14,933

35025

Elgin–Middlesex–London

11,229

35026

Essex

11,903

35027

Etobicoke Centre

12,165

35028

Etobicoke–Lakeshore

13,235

35029

Etobicoke North

7,833

35030

Flamborough–Glanbrook

10,171

35031

Glengarry–Prescott–Russell

15,370

35032

Guelph

13,577

35033

Haldimand–Norfolk

11,721

35034

Haliburton–Kawartha Lakes–Brock

12,201

35035

Hamilton Centre

4,477

35036

Hamilton East–Stoney Creek

7,668

35037

Hamilton Mountain

7,870

35038

Hamilton West–Ancaster–Dundas

12,161

35039

Hastings–Lennox and Addington

10,924

35040

Huron–Bruce

12,436

35041

Kanata–Carleton

14,726

35042

Kenora

4,398

35043

King–Vaughan

9,277

35044

Kingston and the Islands

15,377

35045

Kitchener Centre

9,049

35046

Kitchener–Conestoga

8,795

35047

Kitchener South–Hespeler

8,442

35048

Lambton–Kent–Middlesex

10,453

35049

Lanark–Frontenac–Kingston

13,069

35050

Leeds–Grenville–Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes

10,175

35051

London–Fanshawe

10,676

35052

London North Centre

11,433

35053

London West

13,576

35054

Markham–Stouffville

13,485

35055

Markham–Thornhill

11,119

35056

Markham–Unionville

11,511

35057

Milton

9,751

35058

Mississauga Centre

9,405

35059

Mississauga East–Cooksville

10,152

35060

Mississauga–Erin Mills

13,162

35061

Mississauga–Lakeshore

13,206

35062

Mississauga–Malton

9,139

35063

Mississauga–Streetsville

11,717

35064

Nepean

15,231

35065

Newmarket–Aurora

10,678

35066

Niagara Centre

9,759

35067

Niagara Falls

13,183

35068

Niagara West

8,586

35069

Nickel Belt

10,266

35070

Nipissing–Timiskaming

9,711

35071

Northumberland–Peterborough South

15,183

35072

Oakville

14,501

35073

Oakville North–Burlington

14,847

35074

Oshawa

11,313

35075

Ottawa Centre

18,751

35076

Orléans

18,741

35077

Ottawa South

14,590

35078

Ottawa–Vanier

12,789

35079

Ottawa West–Nepean

13,996

35080

Oxford

9,463

35081

Parkdale–High Park

11,203

35082

Parry Sound–Muskoka

11,609

35083

Perth–Wellington

10,450

35084

Peterborough–Kawartha

15,251

35085

Pickering–Uxbridge

11,669

35086

Renfrew–Nipissing–Pembroke

12,537

35087

Richmond Hill

12,477

35088

Carleton

15,420

35089

St. Catharines

9,882

35090

Toronto–St. Paul's

11,512

35091

Sarnia–Lambton

9,441

35092

Sault Ste. Marie

5,023

35093

Scarborough–Agincourt

8,853

35094

Scarborough Centre

9,501

35095

Scarborough–Guildwood

8,544

35096

Scarborough North

8,366

35097

Scarborough–Rouge Park

11,560

35098

Scarborough Southwest

9,155

35099

Simcoe–Grey

16,318

35100

Simcoe North

12,606

35101

Spadina–Fort York

8,724

35102

Stormont–Dundas–South Glengarry

12,083

35103

Sudbury

8,861

35104

Thornhill

12,804

35105

Thunder Bay–Rainy River

7,017

35106

Thunder Bay–Superior North

9,296

35107

Timmins–James Bay

6,621

35108

Toronto Centre

10,612

35109

Toronto–Danforth

12,945

35110

University–Rosedale

11,573

35111

Vaughan–Woodbridge

7,505

35112

Waterloo

9,956

35113

Wellington–Halton Hills

13,984

35114

Whitby

11,619

35115

Willowdale

8,378

35116

Windsor–Tecumseh

9,498

35117

Windsor West

6,306

35118

York Centre

9,106

35119

York–Simcoe

11,555

35120

York South–Weston

7,462

35121

Humber River–Black Creek

4,809

Total Ontario

1,333,353

Province

Manitoba

Number of Electors

46001

Brandon–Souris

6,436

46002

Charleswood–St. James–Assiniboia–Headingley

9,294

46003

Churchill–Keewatinook Aski

7,154

46004

Dauphin–Swan River–Neepawa

6,432

46005

Elmwood–Transcona

8,316

46006

Kildonan–St. Paul

8,246

46007

Portage–Lisgar

5,293

46008

Provencher

7,325

46009

Saint Boniface–Saint Vital

9,610

46010

Selkirk–Interlake–Eastman

9,387

46011

Winnipeg Centre

4,959

46012

Winnipeg North

5,477

46013

Winnipeg South

9,320

46014

Winnipeg South Centre

11,205

Total Manitoba

108,454

Province

Saskatchewan

Number of Electors

47001

Battlefords–Lloydminster

4,786

47002

Cypress Hills–Grasslands

4,787

47003

Desnethé–Missinippi–Churchill River

4,179

47004

Carlton Trail–Eagle Creek

7,093

47005

Moose Jaw–Lake Centre–Lanigan

5,561

47006

Prince Albert

6,521

47007

Regina–Lewvan

8,204

47008

Regina–Qu’Appelle

5,997

47009

Regina–Wascana

7,699

47010

Saskatoon–Grasswood

9,911

47011

Saskatoon–University

9,854

47012

Saskatoon West

10,045

47013

Souris–Moose Mountain

5,482

47014

Yorkton–Melville

5,710

Total Saskatchewan

95,829

Province

Alberta

Number of Electors

48001

Banff–Airdrie

15,346

48002

Battle River–Crowfoot

7,246

48003

Bow River

8,074

48004

Calgary Centre

10,569

48005

Calgary Confederation

10,588

48006

Calgary Forest Lawn

5,240

48007

Calgary Heritage

11,104

48008

Calgary Midnapore

10,388

48009

Calgary Nose Hill

12,110

48010

Calgary Rocky Ridge

13,607

48011

Calgary Shepard

11,431

48012

Calgary Signal Hill

13,093

48013

Calgary Skyview

8,763

48014

Edmonton Centre

10,048

48015

Edmonton Griesbach

9,369

48016

Edmonton Manning

10,243

48017

Edmonton Mill Woods

8,080

48018

Edmonton Riverbend

11,100

48019

Edmonton Strathcona

9,347

48020

Edmonton West

10,007

48021

Edmonton–Wetaskiwin

15,047

48022

Foothills

12,712

48023

Fort McMurray–Cold Lake

9,571

48024

Grande Prairie–Mackenzie

8,626

48025

Lakeland

10,110

48026

Lethbridge

10,349

48027

Medicine Hat–Cardston–Warner

8,038

48028

Peace River–Westlock

7,409

48029

Red Deer–Mountain View

12,275

48030

Red Deer–Lacombe

11,439

48031

St. Albert–Edmonton

11,894

48032

Sherwood Park–Fort Saskatchewan

12,868

48033

Sturgeon River–Parkland

11,885

48034

Yellowhead

10,854

Total Alberta

358,830

Province

British Columbia

Number of Electors

59001

Abbotsford

9,724

59002

Burnaby North–Seymour

10,704

59003

Burnaby South

9,376

59004

Cariboo–Prince George

9,891

59005

Central Okanagan–Similkameen–Nicola

13,680

59006

Chilliwack–Hope

9,937

59007

Cloverdale–Langley City

11,406

59008

Coquitlam–Port Coquitlam

11,191

59009

Courtenay–Alberni

14,976

59010

Cowichan–Malahat–Langford

13,926

59011

Delta

11,679

59012

Fleetwood–Port Kells

12,561

59013

Kamloops–Thompson–Cariboo

14,224

59014

Kelowna–Lake Country

12,661

59015

Kootenay–Columbia

14,899

59016

Langley–Aldergrove

9,731

59017

Mission–Matsqui–Fraser Canyon

9,007

59018

Nanaimo–Ladysmith

15,157

59019

New Westminster–Burnaby

11,591

59020

North Okanagan–Shuswap

16,213

59021

North Vancouver

14,268

59022

Pitt Meadows–Maple Ridge

9,171

59023

Port Moody–Coquitlam

11,006

59024

Prince George–Peace River–Northern Rockies

10,878

59025

Richmond Centre

6,943

59026

Esquimalt–Saanich–Sooke

16,358

59027

Saanich–Gulf Islands

16,236

59028

Skeena–Bulkley Valley

8,322

59029

South Okanagan–West Kootenay

14,412

59030

South Surrey–White Rock

12,105

59031

Steveston–Richmond East

9,521

59032

Surrey Centre

9,255

59033

Surrey–Newton

10,658

59034

Vancouver Centre

13,776

59035

Vancouver East

10,872

59036

Vancouver Granville

12,581

59037

North Island–Powell River

12,232

59038

Vancouver Kingsway

9,539

59039

Vancouver Quadra

13,262

59040

Vancouver South

10,382

59041

Victoria

17,501

59042

West Vancouver–Sunshine Coast–Sea to Sky Country

16,108

Total British Columbia

507,920

Territory

Yukon

Number of Electors

60001

Yukon

3,013

Total Yukon

3,013

Territory

Northwest Territories

Number of Electors

61001

Northwest Territories

2,746

Total Northwest Territories

2,746

Territory

Nunavut

Number of Electors

62001

Nunavut

1,109

Total Nunavut

1,109

National total

3,633,422

The following table compares the turnout by province or territory for advance voting in the 42nd and 41st general elections.

Province or Territory

42nd General Election
Advance Voting
(Preliminary Figures)

41st General Election
Advance Voting
(Final Figures)

Newfoundland and Labrador

31,433

17,269

Prince Edward Island

22,068

13,201

Nova Scotia

113,474

62,976

New Brunswick

113,185

71,298

Quebec

942,008

569,466

Ontario

1,333,353

839,515

Manitoba

108,454

56,723

Saskatchewan

95,829

47,735

Alberta

358,830

160,199

British Columbia

507,920

259,278

Yukon

3,013

1,578

Northwest Territories

2,746

1,262

Nunavut

1,109

355

Total

3,633,422

2,100,855

These preliminary figures are based on numbers reported by returning officers and are not final until all the votes are counted on election day and the results have been validated by the returning officers. The final results will be published in the official voting results following the election.

When it was introduced in 1920, voting at advance polls was limited to certain groups of voters whose work required them to be away from their electoral districts on election day. Today, it is one of several voting methods that may be used by any elector who wishes to vote before election day.